FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF TRAIN DRAFTS

Why does the train draft become a problem for us? In other words, for what purpose or purposes are they studied? The answer is that we want to know whether the human body standing near a railway suffers any danger from the passage of the train and to clarify to what extent the structures near the railway are influenced by train drafts.

• Corporate Authors:

  Japan Railway Civil Engineering Association

  Kyodo Building, 18-7 Hagashi-Uyeno 2 Chome, Daito-Ku
  Tokyo-110,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • FUKUCHI, G
• Publication Date: 1961-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Permanent Way
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Civil Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Train draft
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033356
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 11
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM